Richard Harington

The Rev. Richard Harrington (5 May 1800 – 13 December 1853) was an Oxford college head in the 19th-century.[1]

Barker was born in Hanover Square, Westminster and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] A mathematician, he was Principal of Brasenose[3] from 1842[4] until his death.[5]

Notes
  1. Victorian Web
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Harington, Richard (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. BNC web-site
  4. 'University And Clerical Intelligence' The Times Monday, June 13, 1842 Issue 18008 p.6
  5. 'Deaths' The Times Friday, Dec. 16, 1853 Issue 21613 p.9
Academic offices
Preceded by
Ashurst Gilbert		 Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford
1842–1853		 Succeeded by
Edward Hartopp Cradock
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